Impact of nocturnal planetary boundary layer on urban air pollutants: Measurements from a 250-m tower over Tianjin, China

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 264-269

  Han, Suqin ^a,c   Bian, Hai ^c   Tie, Xuexi ^b   Xie, Yiyang ^c   Sun, Meiling ^c   Liu, Aixia ^c  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Tianjin Meteorological Bureau   (China)

Author keywords

Nocturnal planetary boundary layer; Tower; Urban air pollutants

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; BUILDINGS; HYDRODYNAMICS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; POLLUTION; TOWERS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; DIRECT MEASUREMENTS; DIURNAL CYCLES; EASTERN CHINAS; METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; METEOROLOGICAL TOWERS; NOCTURNAL PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYER; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYERS; SURFACE EMISSIONS; TIANJIN , CHINAS; URBAN AIR POLLUTANTS; URBAN AIRS; VERTICAL GRADIENTS; VERTICAL PROFILES;

AIR POLLUTION;

NITROGEN OXIDE; OXYGEN;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OZONE; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CHINA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TIANJIN;

EID: 57349179262     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2008.05.056     Document Type: Article

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